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The Minnesota River (Dakota: Mnísota Wakpá) is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 332 miles (534 km) long, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It drains a watershed of 14,751 square miles (38,200 km 2 ) in Minnesota and about 2,000 sq mi (5,200 km 2 ) in South Dakota and Iowa .
In 1835 George William Featherstonhaugh conducted a geological survey of the Minnesota River valley and wrote an account entitled A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor. [33] Joseph Nicollet scouted the area in the late 1830s accompanied by John C. Frémont , exploring and mapping the Upper Mississippi River basin, the Saint Croix River, and the ...
The Mudbaden Sulphur Springs Company building is located in a rural part of the Minnesota River valley two miles (3 km) northeast of Jordan, Minnesota.Railroad tracks run directly in front of the building and the river is a mile to the northwest.
Watersheds [1] of Minnesota. Minnesota has 6,564 natural rivers and streams that cumulatively flow for 69,000 miles (111,000 km). The Mississippi River begins its journey from its headwaters at Lake Itasca and crosses the Iowa border 680 mi (1,094 km) downstream.
Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway in Renville County. Minnesota River Valley National Scenic Byway is a 300-mile (480 km) highway following the Minnesota River from its source at Big Stone Lake to Belle Plaine. The route passes through several small riverside towns and access points to canoeing on the river.
Minnesota Valley State Trail is a 27-mile (43 km), multi-use trail in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area that runs parallel to the Minnesota River from the cities of Belle Plaine to Shakopee. A 10-mile (16 km) segment of the trail from Chaska to Shakopee is paved. Allowable trail uses include hiking, biking, horseback riding, cross ...
Map of Minnesota bedrock by age. Shaded relief image: Superior Upland in the northeast, the flat Red River Valley in the northwest, Central Minnesota's irregular landscape, the Coteau des Prairies and Minnesota River in the southwest, and the southeast's dissected Driftless Area along the Mississippi River below its confluences with the Minnesota and St. Croix in East Central Minnesota
Formerly a Minnesota state park, the site of the old settlement and river ford is now a State Historic Site [2] and a Minnesota State Monument. [3] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Traverse des Sioux is located on the Minnesota River, once a major transportation route, in Nicollet County just north of the city of St ...